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1. IOR/G/29/27, ff 4-514

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/27, ff 4-514
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones, Resident at Bagdad, to Henry Dundas, President of the Board of Control
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume comprises correspondence, memoranda, notes, and other papers relating to the first years of the East India Company Residency in Bagdad [Baghdad, also spelled Bagdat in this volume]. The first section (folios 4-153) consists of letters from Sir Harford Jones, Resident at B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Persian
Date Range:
1 Jul 1798-20 May 1801
Extent:
1 item (511 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/9/76/79

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/79
Title:
Account of the 1773 Plague in Bassora
Scope & Content:
An anonymous French account of the 1773 plague outbreak in Bassora [Basra]. The author describes: his confinement in the French Factory in Bassora; the illness and death of Claude Pyraut [Pirault], French Consul in Bassora, and other employees of the Factory; his own illness and recovery; the l...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
French
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 item (10 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/184

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/184
Title:
File 3004/1910 'Tehran Sanitary Council'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence discussing membership of the Tehran Sanitary Council, including concerns over German subjects in the nominal service of foreign governments (Norway, the Netherlands) and their tendency to promote German policy. The correspondence details the approaches to the Greek and Belgian gov...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1909-1911
Extent:
1 volume (256 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/283

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/283
Title:
File 2612/1912 Pt 1 ‘Tehran Sanitary Council’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains part 1 of papers from and about the Tehran Sanitary Council (also referred to as the Conseil Sanitaire de l’Empire de Perse). It chiefly comprises copies of the proceedings (in French) of the 99th through to the 127th meetings of the Council, forwarded by the British Ambassad...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
10 Feb 1912-29 Dec 1913
Extent:
1 volume (204 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/284

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/284
Title:
File 2612/1912 Pt 2 ‘Persia. Tehran Sanitary Council’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains part 2 of papers from and about the Tehran Sanitary Council (also referred to as the Conseil Sanitaire de l’Empire de Perse), and is a direct chronological continuation of File 2612/1912 Pt 1 ‘Tehran Sanitary Council’ (IOR/L/PS/10/283). It chiefly comprises copies of the proc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
13 Jan 1914-16 Apr 1920
Extent:
1 volume (311 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/1/163

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/163
Title:
British Agents
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to the employment and activities of British Agents responsible to the Persian Gulf Residency at Bushire. The correspondents include: Felix Jones, British Resident at Bushire; the Government of Bombay; Captain Christopher Palmer Rigby, British Consul an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
30 Jun 1857-27 Jan 1862
Extent:
1 volume (318 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/1/164

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/164
Title:
‘Vol 249 Persian correspondence’
Scope & Content:
The file is chiefly comprised of translated extracts of letters written by the British Agent at Shiraz, E N Castelli (an original letter in French, signed Castilly, is also in the file at folio 3), sent to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Captain Felix Jones. These extracts were sent ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
23 Nov 1858-24 Nov 1859
Extent:
1 file (33 folios)

8. Mss Eur F111/69A

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/69A
Title:
Foreign Office Papers: Persia
Scope & Content:
This item comprises printed Foreign Office correspondence relating to Persia [Iran], covering geopolitical, political, economic, social and cultural matters. The despatches are dated 18 December 1891-30 June 1897. The first page of each despatch includes the heading ‘ASIA. CONFIDENTIAL.’ on the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18 Dec 1891-30 Jun 1897
Extent:
1 volume (207 folios)